View Full Version : Just a little grouse...
johnly
01-26-2009, 02:41 PM
I purchased a Lyman .363" sizing die for my Makarov. Warmed up the 450 and started sizing bullets. After getting the depth set, I got around to measuring the bullets I had sized and they measured .3605"! Not all bad I guess, in that I could use a fat 35 caliber sizer for my Marlin bullets. Still not exactly what I had in mind when I ordered the sizer.
John
beagle
01-26-2009, 02:45 PM
Yeah, that always irks me too and my buddy who is a machinist says that they can hit .0003+/- with a Sunnen grinder.
That's just poor workmanship and quality control....or lack thereof./beagle
johnly
01-26-2009, 05:23 PM
Ok I now have to fess up and eat some crow.
I measured the sized bullets again after I removed a bump of hard lube from the measurement surfaces. The are right at .3635":oops:
John
Gunslinger
01-26-2009, 07:56 PM
He he... an honest mistake, but kinda funny!
Jack Stanley
01-26-2009, 08:50 PM
Crow isn't to bad with the proper amount of horseradish added ..... freshly grated of course . [smilie=1:
Jack
onceabull
01-26-2009, 09:47 PM
Try the Beaver brand wasabi horseradish(the green stuff).. good with most any roadkill... 8-) Onceabull
Bret4207
01-27-2009, 08:49 AM
Crow isn't to bad with the proper amount of horseradish added ..... freshly grated of course . [smilie=1:
Jack
Anything is edible with enough garlic, ketchup and Miracle Whip.
sundog
01-27-2009, 09:52 AM
almost anything is edible with copious quantity of Tabasco, Lousianna, and most recently Texas Pete.
Don't believe the stamped size on dies...
Bloodman14
01-30-2009, 02:58 PM
How can a boolit measure smaller than stated size with a chunk of lube on your measurement device? Wouldn't that make it much bigger? Or was my year in Machine shop Vo-Tech wasted? LOL
jdgabbard
01-30-2009, 03:03 PM
No worse then when you order from LEE a .358 sizer, size some boolits and they measure at .355. Doh!
mpmarty
01-30-2009, 03:38 PM
OK, done lurking! Forget the other hot sauces, try Cajun Sunshine. My regrets to General Mcinerney (sic)
Marty in the Oregon mountains:-D
Bret4207
01-30-2009, 04:02 PM
How can a boolit measure smaller than stated size with a chunk of lube on your measurement device? Wouldn't that make it much bigger? Or was my year in Machine shop Vo-Tech wasted? LOL
I wondered that too.
Avery Arms
01-30-2009, 06:54 PM
How can a boolit measure smaller than stated size with a chunk of lube on your measurement device? Wouldn't that make it much bigger? Or was my year in Machine shop Vo-Tech wasted? LOL
He could have adjusted the zero on the calipers while the two blades were not fully closed.
PP
goste
01-30-2009, 07:50 PM
Question, if you don't mind,
Are you using a Lee mould? And if you are, would you mind telling me what size the Boolits drop at?
Thanks Caspar
Dale53
01-31-2009, 12:49 AM
He probably had a spot of lube on his MICROMETER faces. A good machinist will lightly clamp a small piece of typing paper (or these days, computer paper) between the micrometer jaws and wipe the contact surfaces. If they are not clean you will NOT get a good measurement.
Dale53
runfiverun
01-31-2009, 01:05 AM
he was measuring the inside of something so something on the blades made them coser together not further apart...
my makarov likes 366. boolits btw 9x18 that is.
redneckdan
01-31-2009, 01:27 AM
Yeah, that always irks me too and my buddy who is a machinist says that they can hit .0003+/- with a Sunnen grinder.
That's just poor workmanship and quality control....or lack thereof./beagle
Probably should be able to do better than that. One project I was working on had a tolerance of +/- 10 microns (roughly .0004), this was on a Clausing multi-turn 2000 using diamond tooling on 52100 steel.
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